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Wenger has gambled all on being right, on refusing, for example, to spend jarring sums of money on an essentially unexciting, non-shirtsleeved, unspiky-haired goalkeeper with a tedious expertise in catching footballs.
Is there method in Arsène Wenger's mad, mad world? Barney Ronay 2010
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The editor, who is 52, spotlessly shirtsleeved, brisk in his diction, with hair like a cerebral Tory minister, was heard to growl.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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It's one thing for a politician, in the thick of a campaign, to rally the faithful in all his shirtsleeved, open-necked, down-home glory.
Curtains for the Necktie? Nicholas Antongiavanni 2007
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The shirtsleeved man launched himself at Svenson, knocking him flat.
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006
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He rolled on one shoulder and saw the waxen face of the shirtsleeved man, neck folded unnaturally to the side, tongue blue.
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Dahlquist, Gordon 2006
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Stemple had been going to say something else, but he smiled, though the cold wind bit into his shirtsleeved arms.
Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000
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Stemple had been going to say something else, but he smiled, though the cold wind bit into his shirtsleeved arms.
Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000
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David Kruiper signed the deal alongside the shirtsleeved Mbeki and
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Say hello to shirtsleeved, smiling Tony Blair, the leader of the ascendant Labour Party.
London Swings! Again! Kamp, David 1997
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“Pennant fever,” I said, looking at the noisy, midsummer lazy, shirtsleeved crowd.
Death on a Vineyard Beach Philip R.Craig 1996
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